Poem
Nico Bleutge
light summer
for Bernard Noëlas though a layer existed between them
and the narrow strip of coastline
the clouds emerged, sharply cut
off at the lower edge, above
a wrinkled belt, in which the seagulls
punched small holes. at the next glance
the haze had ruffled the surface and the wind
was ensnared in nets of wire
just under the mirror of the water, the birds
had long disappeared, the sky
still holding for a little while the air
that rustled beneath their wings
leichter sommer
leichter sommer
für Bernard Noëlals läge noch eine schicht zwischen ihnen
und dem schmalen streif der küste
traten die wolken hervor, scharf ab-
geschnitten an der unteren kante, oben
ein faltiger riemen, in den die möwen kleine
löcher stanzten. beim nächsten aufschauen
hatte dunst die fläche aufgerauht und der wind
verfing sich in den drahtnetzen
knapp unterm wasserspiegel, die vögel
waren längst verschwunden, der himmel
hielt noch ein weilchen jene luft
die unter ihren flügeln rauschte
© 2002, Nico Bleutge
Poems
Poems of Nico Bleutge
Close
light summer
for Bernard Noëlas though a layer existed between them
and the narrow strip of coastline
the clouds emerged, sharply cut
off at the lower edge, above
a wrinkled belt, in which the seagulls
punched small holes. at the next glance
the haze had ruffled the surface and the wind
was ensnared in nets of wire
just under the mirror of the water, the birds
had long disappeared, the sky
still holding for a little while the air
that rustled beneath their wings
light summer
for Bernard Noëlas though a layer existed between them
and the narrow strip of coastline
the clouds emerged, sharply cut
off at the lower edge, above
a wrinkled belt, in which the seagulls
punched small holes. at the next glance
the haze had ruffled the surface and the wind
was ensnared in nets of wire
just under the mirror of the water, the birds
had long disappeared, the sky
still holding for a little while the air
that rustled beneath their wings
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